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Elsevier's integrated review. Immunology and microbiology / Jeffrey K. Actor.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks QR181 .A258 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Actor, Jeffrey K.
- Series:
- Elsevier's integrated series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immunology.
- Microbiology.
- Immune System Phenomena.
- Microbiological Phenomena.
- Medical Subjects:
- Immune System Phenomena.
- Microbiological Phenomena.
- Physical Description:
- x, 174 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Integrated review immunology and microbiology
- Immunology and microbiology
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders, [2012]
- Summary:
- This guide for those studying for the USMLE Step 1 Exam offers case-based and USMLE-style review questions. The first half of the book presents the innate and adaptive components of the immune system, while the second half profiles clinically relevant bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites that interact with the human immune system. The study guide features color photos and images, plus color process diagrams, summary tables, and color-coded margin boxes linking content to other disciplines covered in the series. The clinical scenarios shed light on molecular aspects underling clinical disease manifestation. The website offers searchable text, review questions, case studies, and links to other content. Actor teaches in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction to immunity and immune systems
- Cells and organs of the immune system
- Humoral immunity: antibody recognition of antigen
- T-cell immunity
- Role of major histocompatibility complex in the immune response
- Innate immunity
- Adaptive immune response and hypersensitivity
- Immunomodulation
- Immunoassays
- Infection and immunity
- Basic bacteriology
- Clinical bacteriology
- Basic virology
- Clinical virology
- Mycology
- Parasitology.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Elsevier's integrated immunology and microbiology / Jeffrey K. Actor. c2007.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780323074476
- 0323074472
- OCLC:
- 747903374
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